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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

What is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?

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What is a word you realized you were pronouncing wrong until you heard someone else say it?

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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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        I think I’m sort of getting the same thing with sentences learning a second language. I know a word is supposed to be in there, but I can’t remember exactly where, so it goes somewhere in the middle at a guess.

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      One of the oddities in English is the tendency to insert extra "n"s into words. Ravager turns into Ravanger (or more commonly Ravenger), turret turns into turrent.

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      I love the word trebuchet because…

      • It’s a siege engine and even though it was horrible in real life - I love it in movies.
      • My favorite font is Trebuchet MS. It’s easier to read for dyslexics.
      • It’s a symmetrical chess situation where the player who must move loses. Oh, man - it’s too hard to explain so it’s Wikipedia to the rescue. It’s a kind of zugzwang.
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      Trench-a-butt sounds like carving a hole in someone’s ass. Maybe it would work for obtaining military secrets from enemy captives, but it probably wouldn’t be effective as a siege weapon.

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        More like a horrible World War I-era disease commonly caught by infantry troops.

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      tribucket

      Death to America

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